Edelbrock Thunder series 800 on 408 stroker???

Well, snooze you loose I guess. I just went back to the Pepboys website and the carb was no longer in my checkout basket?!? I went back and looked the carb up and it was no longer available??? Either they sold out of the carb or they changed their mind and decided that they weren't going to sell it to me at that price!

So I did the next best thing and bought the 1812 which is the same carb with a manual choke. I got it for $298.39 When I went to check out they charged me an additional $23.05 for state and local taxes?!?! What the hell?!? I've never been charged tax unless the seller has a local store, which Pep Boys does not. I would like to somehow make sure that my tax gets where it is intended to go.